The bottom 10 African teams in the Fifa rankings have been drawn into five preliminary round ties, which are to be played over two legs in October and November.
While Grand Slam tennis tournaments and Formula 1 races favor the strongest competitors with better seeds and starting positions, the FA Cup has long been a resolute exception: Every round is drawn at random.
Federer and Nalbandian have been drawn in the Red Group of round-robin matches along with Ivan Ljubicic and Andy Roddick, who play later on Sunday.
Meanwhile Hessenthaler says he will not watch Sunday's FA Cup first-round draw after being drawn against former club Dover last year, a tie the Gills lost 2-0.
Welsh club Caersws have been drawn against Bulgarian side Marek in the first round of the Intertoto Cup.
After grandiose claims of title glory, Ally's Army went out of the tournament after the first round having lost to Peru and drawn against Iran.
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls refused to be drawn on whether Labour would back a fresh round of strikes in the autumn, but said he believed the TUC had acted "in a very responsible way" over the pensions talks despite "inflammatory statements" by government ministers.
Boro were drawn against the Premier League giants in the fifth round after a 1-0 win over Notts County.
They reached the third round of the FA Cup where there were drawn away to Manchester United.
Ironically Hartlepool were drawn against Brighton in Sunday's FA Cup first round draw, with the game taking place at the Withdean Stadium on the weekend of the 8-9 November.
The winners of the replay are drawn at home to Blue Square North side Vauxhall Motors in the third qualifying round on 21 November.
Gainsborough have been drawn away at Unibond Premier Division side North Ferriby United in the third qualifying round of the FA Trophy, with the tie to be played on Saturday, 21 November.
Nigeria, winners of the Nations Cup in 1980 and 1994, are drawn against debutants Benin Republic and previous tournament winners South Africa and Morocco in the first round of matches at the 2004 finals.
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Above the line, trees were drawn, as were flowers, hills, clouds, butterflies, a few people and a round sun in the centre.
North Korea will face South Korea in the first round of the men's Olympic table tennis team event after the pair were drawn against each other on Wednesday.
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